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Letter: Port Moody property tax shock 'nauseating'

Letter: Port Moody property tax shock 'nauseating'

The Editor, In approving a 4.98% tax increase, Port Moody council predicted average taxes in 2016 would go up by $148 on average based on a home assessed at $643,000.
Column: ‘Quick wins’ lessons in integrity are lost on the BC Liberals

Column: ‘Quick wins’ lessons in integrity are lost on the BC Liberals

A single criminal charge for breach of trust by a public officer against former B.C. government communications director Brian Bonney is disturbing.
Editorial: Rail safety is a no-brainer

Editorial: Rail safety is a no-brainer

Port Coquitlam's resolution at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities' convention this week is sound.
Letter: If 70-year-olds can learn to recycle, you sure can

Letter: If 70-year-olds can learn to recycle, you sure can

The Editor, Re. “Who polluted Hyde Creek?” (The Tri-City News, May 27) Re. “Cities, MMBC are making recycling too complicated” (Letters, The Tri-City News, May 18).
Letter: Expectations come with corp., union $

Letter: Expectations come with corp., union $

The Editor, Re. “Councillor wants province to ban union, corporate election money” (The Tri-City News, May 25).
Editorial: Education changes needed

Editorial: Education changes needed

Personalizing learning, with fewer provincial exams but other forms of assessment should be good for students
Editorial: Special interest donation ban worth considering

Editorial: Special interest donation ban worth considering

It may cost taxpayers some dough to foot the bill but would eliminate concerns about 'tainted' votes
Letter: Coronation Park plan shows no future for single-family homes

Letter: Coronation Park plan shows no future for single-family homes

The Editor, I was gob-smacked by the presentation last week about the Coronation Park Neighbourhood Plan.
Letter: Take care of your trash correctly

Letter: Take care of your trash correctly

The Editor, I watch strangers dump their garbage into our garbage bin, which is located in the back alley of King Albert Avenue, on a regular basis.
Books Plus: Korean culture, the future & reading clubs

Books Plus: Korean culture, the future & reading clubs

Books Plus runs in The Tri-City News each Friday to highlight programs and happenings in the Tri-Cities’ three libraries: Coquitlam Public Library, Port Moody Public Library and Terry Fox Library in PoCo.